Czechoslovakian parliamentary election, 1929
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Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia
on 27 October 1929. The result was a victory for the Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People, which won 46 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 90.2% in the Chamber election and 78.8% for the Senate.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
on 27 October 1929. The result was a victory for the Republican Party of Agricultural and Smallholder People, which won 46 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 90.2% in the Chamber election and 78.8% for the Senate.
Chamber of Deputies
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party of Agrarian and Smallholding Peoples | 1,105,498 | 15.0 | 46 | ||
| Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic.-History:The Social Democratic Czechoslavonic party in Austria was founded on 7 April 1878 in Austria-Hungary representing the Kingdom of Bohemia in the Austrian parliament... |
963,462 | 13.0 | 39 | ||
| Czechoslovak National Socialist Party Czech National Social Party Czech National Social Party was a civic nationalist political party established in 1898 within the Young Czech Party as a nominally socialist group with a stress on achieving Czech independence from Austria–Hungary Czech National Social Party (Czech: Česká strana národně sociální) was a civic... |
767,328 | 10.4 | 32 | ||
| Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in Czech and in Slovak: Komunistická strana Československa was a Communist and Marxist-Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992.... |
753,220 | 10.2 | 30 | –11 | |
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 623,340 | 8.4 | 25 | –6 | |
| German Social Democratic Workers Party | 506,761 | 6.9 | 21 | ||
| Hlinka's Slovak People's Party | 425,051 | 5.8 | 19 | –4 | |
| German Electoral Coalition | 396,454 | 5.4 | 16 | New | |
| Czechoslovak National Democracy National Democratic Party (Czechoslovakia) The National Democratic Party was a First Republic right-wing political party in Czechoslovakia. It was founded by Karel Kramář in 1919, after the creation of independent Czechoslovakia from the Austria-Hungary Empire... |
359,547 | 4.9 | 15 | ||
| German Christian Social People's Party German Christian Social People's Party German Christian Social People's Party was an ethnic German political party in Czechoslovakia, formed as a continuation from the Austrian Christian Social Party. It was founded in November 1919 in Prague. The party had good relations with its Czechoslovak brother party.In the summer of 1919, a... |
348,066 | 4.7 | 14 | ||
| Czechoslovak Traders' Party | 291,209 | 3.9 | 12 | –1 | |
| Provincial Christian-Socialist Party Provincial Christian-Socialist Party The Provincial Christian-Socialist Party was the main political party of ethnic Hungarians in the First Republic of Czechoslovakia.It was founded on 23 November 1919 in Košice, by the merger of Catholic associations from Bratislava and Košice, but the first party convention took place in... |
257,372 | 3.5 | 9 | ||
| German National Socialist Workers' Party German National Socialist Workers' Party (Czechoslovakia) The German National Socialist Workers' Party was a protofascist party of Germans in Czechoslovakia, successor of the German Workers' Party from Austria-Hungary. It was founded in November 1919 in Duchcov. Most important party activists were Hans Knirsch, Hans Krebs, Adam Fahrner, Rudolf Jung and... |
204,110 | 2.8 | 8 | ||
| German National Party German National Party The German Nationalist Party was a First Republic political party in Czechoslovakia, representing German population of Sudetenland. Its chairman and political face was Rudolf Lodgman von Auen.... |
189,187 | 2.6 | 7 | –3 | |
| United Jewish and Polish Parties | 194,374 | 2.6 | 4 | New | |
| League Against Bound Tickets | 3 | New | |||
| Provincial Party of Smallholders, Entrepreneurs and Workers of Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pangerman Party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia | 0 | New | |||
| Juriga's Slovak People's Party | 0 | New | |||
| Total | 7,384,979 | 100 | 300 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party of Agrarian and Smallholding Peoples | 978,291 | 15.2 | 24 | ||
| Czechoslovak Social Democratic Workers Party Czech Social Democratic Party The Czech Social Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Czech Republic.-History:The Social Democratic Czechoslavonic party in Austria was founded on 7 April 1878 in Austria-Hungary representing the Kingdom of Bohemia in the Austrian parliament... |
841,331 | 13.0 | 20 | ||
| Czechoslovak National Socialist Party Czech National Social Party Czech National Social Party was a civic nationalist political party established in 1898 within the Young Czech Party as a nominally socialist group with a stress on achieving Czech independence from Austria–Hungary Czech National Social Party (Czech: Česká strana národně sociální) was a civic... |
666,607 | 10.3 | 16 | ||
| Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, in Czech and in Slovak: Komunistická strana Československa was a Communist and Marxist-Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992.... |
644,896 | 10.0 | 15 | –5 | |
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 559,700 | 8.7 | 13 | –3 | |
| German Social Democratic Workers Party | 446,940 | 6.9 | 11 | ||
| Hlinka's Slovak People's Party | 377,498 | 5.9 | 9 | –3 | |
| German Electoral Coalition | 359,002 | 5.6 | 9 | New | |
| Czechoslovak National Democracy National Democratic Party (Czechoslovakia) The National Democratic Party was a First Republic right-wing political party in Czechoslovakia. It was founded by Karel Kramář in 1919, after the creation of independent Czechoslovakia from the Austria-Hungary Empire... |
325,023 | 5.0 | 8 | ||
| German Christian Social People's Party German Christian Social People's Party German Christian Social People's Party was an ethnic German political party in Czechoslovakia, formed as a continuation from the Austrian Christian Social Party. It was founded in November 1919 in Prague. The party had good relations with its Czechoslovak brother party.In the summer of 1919, a... |
313,544 | 4.9 | 8 | ||
| Czechoslovak Traders' Party | 274,085 | 4.2 | 6 | 0 | |
| Provincial Christian-Socialist Party Provincial Christian-Socialist Party The Provincial Christian-Socialist Party was the main political party of ethnic Hungarians in the First Republic of Czechoslovakia.It was founded on 23 November 1919 in Košice, by the merger of Catholic associations from Bratislava and Košice, but the first party convention took place in... |
233,772 | 3.6 | 6 | ||
| German National Socialist Workers' Party German National Socialist Workers' Party (Czechoslovakia) The German National Socialist Workers' Party was a protofascist party of Germans in Czechoslovakia, successor of the German Workers' Party from Austria-Hungary. It was founded in November 1919 in Duchcov. Most important party activists were Hans Knirsch, Hans Krebs, Adam Fahrner, Rudolf Jung and... |
171,181 | 2.7 | 4 | ||
| German National Party German National Party The German Nationalist Party was a First Republic political party in Czechoslovakia, representing German population of Sudetenland. Its chairman and political face was Rudolf Lodgman von Auen.... |
166,718 | 2.6 | 0 | –5 | |
| Other parties | 91,913 | 1.4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 6,450,501 | 100 | 150 | 0 | |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||